Our route this day takes us from Marathon Florida, through the Bay of Florida and the Everglades National Park into Biscayne Bay, up through Miami to a final destination of Williams Island. The mileage for this leg of the trip is approximately 110 miles. There appears to be water everywhere in the Everglades, but the…
Stock Island to Marathon, FL
We leave Stock Island, head back toward Key West, and then onto Marathon via the Gulf of Mexico and the Florida Bay. The quicker Atlantic route is too rough for us this day. It’s approximately 72 miles. As I am still not 100%, we plan to lay low and relax at Marlin Bay Marina. Marlin…
Key West to Stock Island
We leave Galleon Marina and head only 5 miles to Oceans Edge Resort and Marina on Stock Island. It is only 5 miles, around the tip of Key West and into the Atlantic Ocean, but it is a rough 5 miles. I suppose there is a reason for a small craft advisory. We arrive at…
Everglades City to Key West
We leave Everglades City around 8 am on Easter Monday. The Gulf waters look smooth and great! We run without incident until an hour out of Key West. Our trim tabs stop working. We stop to replace the fuse, but that is not the cause. It will have to wait until we are docked to…
Marco Island to Everglades City
We leave Marco Island on Holy Saturday and head to Everglades City. We opt to leave the way of Goodland and save mileage by avoiding the Cape Romano Shoals in the Gulf of Mexico. The water becomes brown from the plant tannins, but it is still crystal clear and clean. The Everglades is a wide…